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Everyone is thinking about this around me, so here are some facts I learned on the internet: iPad Air vs. iPad Mini Retina. They weigh about the same now, so the only difference is really the screen. Everyone seems to love the new weight and screen size of the air.…

Wow more news coming on cameras and what is Nikon up to, I admit I don’t get their new $3K offering which is a retro looking Minolta X-700 look alike… In October we had that big A7-A7r announcement. But it won’t be long until we will get our next big…

I just love Thewirecutter.com, a good review summary that I largely agree with: Scosche reVOLT c2. I have tried many, many usb chargers in the car. They break quite a bit. The Scosche is tiny and actually doesn’t disintegrate. It is expensive at $18, but does work. Apple Lighting Cable.…

Well, the first reviews of the iPad Air are out and they are pretty stunning… The iPad was never light enough for me to comfortably hold in my hands, suspended above my face while lying in bed or on the couch for long periods of time. The iPad 2 got…

Seems like every year, I have to update this, but the good news is that international calling is getting cheaper and cheaper. Here are some of the great ideas: T-Mobile. They just announced that in 100 countries, there would be no data roaming charge. Wow that is great and although…

Scott reminded me about this important concept. Basically, you overexpose on a digital camera so that you lift the darkest regions out of the noise and then in digital processing, you put it all back again. It is kind of like the way Dolby C noise reduction worked in the…

Spideroak is a company with their hearts in the right place. it is basically a dropbox competitor except that it is zero knowledge. Sadly, it just doesn’t seem to work. They don’t seem to have a forum or anywhere to ask questions, but just beware this is what happened: I…

In my case, I got the double foul. My NAS tried to mount forever and failed; same with a Windows 8 PC on my network. The cause appears to be changes made in the networking stack made by Apple. Apple’s SMB2 implementation doesn’t work with a lot of SMB2 devices…

Well, I got the Vsonic VC-1000 and then promptly lost them, but now I have all three and can report…wow… Joker is right (see http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/) these are incredible headphones. I just looked for headphones rated 9.2 and which were amazing. I have to say, I’ve always loved my Etymotic ER-4S…